Machine Learning Engineer, Global Public Sector

Company: Scale AI
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role, you will build and deploy AI models that serve public sector clients, bridging research and production. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to design models, generate high-quality training data, and scale AI capabilities for government use. You will address real-world challenges by applying state-of-the-art techniques to vision and language tasks, with a focus on impact and reliability. This is a mission-driven opportunity to shape AI applications that serve millions of citizens.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with public sector counterparts to understand their challenges
  • Apply the latest research to design custom models or model chains
  • Collaborate with data annotation teams to create high-quality training datasets
  • Train, optimize, and deploy models in production environments
  • Develop and maintain robust evaluation systems
  • Participate in customer engagements, including occasional travel
  • Contribute to scaling AI capabilities through hands-on knowledge sharing

Key requirements

  • 5+ years in computer vision and/or language model training, deployment, evaluation, and maintenance in production
  • Master’s or equivalent work experience
  • Software engineering proficiency in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, C++ or similar
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Problem-solving and initiative
  • Computer vision and/or language model training, deployment, evaluation, and maintenance
  • Production-grade model development and optimization
  • Robust evaluation system design

Posted: September 14th, 2026